Dr. Ben King
PhD - 2023
Ben's great passions in research and in life can be attributed to his unhealthy obsession with disc-shaped objects. In the lab, he spends his days (and occasional nights) evaporating silicon phthalocyanines into next generation transistors and sensors. In his spare time, Ben is either spinning his ever-expanding collection of records, launching frisbees into opposing teams' endzones on various local Ultimate teams, or rotating his bike wheels as he attempts to survive café rides with his speedy friends.
Ben’s Publications
172. Dallaire, N.; Boileau, N. T.; Myers, I.; Brixi, S.; Ourabi, M.; Ewenike, R.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H. R.; King, B.; Ronnasi, B.; Melville, O. A.; Manion, J. G.*; Lessard, B. H.* High Throughput Characterization of Organic Thin Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/adma.202406105
163. Ronnasi, B.; King, B.; Brixi, S.; Swaraj, S.; Niskanen, J.; Lessard, B. H.; Electron Donating Functional Polymer Dielectrics to Reduce the Threshold Voltage of n-type Organic Thin-Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/aelm.202300810
162. Boileau, N. T; King, B.; Kapar, S.; Sohi, A. N.; Manion, J. G.; Godin, M.; Lessard, B. H.; Microfluidic-Organic Thin Film Transistor Coupled Platform for Simple Solution Exposure. doi:10.1039/D3LF00269A
161. King, B.; Lessard, B. H.; Review of recent advances and sensing mechanisms in solid-state organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) sensors. doi:10.1039/d3tc03611a
160. Cranston, R. R.; Lanosky, T.; Ewenike, R.; McKillop, S.; King, B.; Lessard, B. H.; Polarized Raman Microscopy to Image Microstructure Changes in Silicon Phthalocyanine Thin-Films doi:10.1002/smsc.202300350
156. King, B.; Moorthy, S. H.; Lesniewska, E.; Meunier-Prest, R.; Bouvet, B.; Lessard, B. H.; Modulating the majority charge carrier type and performance of organic heterojunction ammonia sensors by increasing peripheral fluorination of the silicon phthalocyanine sublayer doi:10.1016/j.snb.2024.135507
154. Brixi, S.; Dindault, C.; King, B.; Lamontagne, H. R.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H. Poly(2-vinylpyridine) as an Additive for Enhancing N-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistor Stability doi:10.1002/aelm.202300660
153. Ewenike, R. B.; King, B.; Battaglia, A. M.; Borja, J. D. Q.; Lin, Z.; Manion, J. G.; Brusso, J. L.; Kelly, T. L.; Seferos, D. S.; Lessard, B. H. Toward Weak Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Phthalocyanines: How the Choice of the Optimal Templating Layer Differs from Traditional Phthalocyanines doi:10.1021/acsaelm.3c01389
151. King, B.; Vebber, M. C.; Ewenike, R.; Dupuy, M.; French, C.; Brusso, J. L.; Lessard, B. H. Peripherally Fluorinated Silicon Phthalocyanines: How Many Fluorines Groups are Necessary for Air-Stable Electron Transport in Organic Thin-Film Transistors? doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01342
148. Brixi, S.; Lamontagne, H.; King, B.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Lessard, B. H.*. Exposure to Solvent Vapours for Enhanced N-type OTFT Stability. doi:10.1039/D3MA00402C
143. King, B.; Radford. C.; Vebber, M.; Ronnasi, B.; Lessard, B. H.*. Not just surface energy: The role of bis(penta fluorophenoxy) silicon phthalocyanine axial functionalization and molecular orientation on organic thin film transistor performance. doi:10.1021/acsami.2c22789
139. Vebber, M.; King, B.; French, C.; Tousignant, M.; Ronnasi, B.; Dindault, C.; Wantz, G.; Hirsch, L.; Brusso, J.; Lessard, B. H.* Peripheral Fluorination in silicon phthalocyanines enables air stable N-type operation in organic electronics. doi:10.1002/cjce.24843
135. Moorthy, S. G.; King, B.; Kumar, A.; Lesniewska, E.; Lessard, B. H.*; Bouvet, M.* Molecular Engineering of Silicon Phthalocyanine to Improve the Charge Transport and Ammonia Sensing Properties of Organic Heterojunction Gas Sensors doi:10.1002/adsr.202200030
129. Mirka, B.; Rice, N.; Richard, C.; Lefebvre, D.; King, B.; Bodnaryk, W.; Fong, D.; Adronov, A.; Lessard, B. H.* Contact Engineering in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors: Implications for Silane-Treated SiO2 Substrates doi:10.1021/acsanm.2c02052
125. Dindault, C.; King, B.; Williams , P.; Absi , J.; Faure, M.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H.* Correlating Morphology, Molecular Orientation, and Transistor Performance of Bis(pentafluorophenoxy)silicon Phthalocyanine Using Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00277
117. Ganguly A.; King, B.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Employing aldol condensation to prepare benzodifurandione-based small molecules for application in thin-film transistors. doi:10.1016/j.synthmet.2022.117090
113. Cranston. R.; King, B.; Dindault , C.; Grant, T. M.; Rice, N. A.; Tonnelé, C.; Muccioli, L.; Castet, F.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H.* Highlighting the processing versatility of a silicon phthalocyanine derivative for organic thin-film transistors. doi:10.1039/D1TC05238A
112. Cyr, M.; King, B.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Exploring ellagic acid as a building block in the design of organic semiconductors. doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109998
103. Yutronkie, N.; King. B.; Rice, N. A.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Attaining air stability in high performing n-type phthalocyanine based organic semiconductors. doi.org/10.1039/D1TC02275J
96. King, B.; Daszczynski, A.; Rice, N. A.; Peltekoff, A.; Yutronkie, N.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Cyanophenoxy-substituted silicon phthalocyanines for low threshold voltage n-type organic thin-film transistors doi:10.1021/acsaelm.1c00175
90. King, B.; Melville, O. A.; Rice, N. A.; Kashani, S.; Tonnelé, C.; Raboui, H.; Swaraj, S.; Grant, T. M.; McAfee, T.; Bender, T.; Ade, H.; Castet, F.; Muccioli, L.; Lessard, B. H.* Silicon phthalocyanines for n-type organic thin-film transistors: development of structure property relationships doi:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00871
80. Melville, O. A.; Grant, T. M.; Lochhead, K.; King, B.; Ambrose, R.; Rice, N. A.; Boileau, N. T.; Peltekoff, A. J.; Tousignant, M.; Hill, I. G.; Lessard, B. H.* Contact Engineering using Manganese, Chromium and Bathocuproine in Group 14 Phthalocyanine Organic Thin-Film Transistors doi:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00104
45. King, B.; Lessard, B. H.* Controlled Synthesis and Degradation of Poly(N-(Isobutoxymethyl) Acrylamide) Homopolymers and Block Copolymers doi:10.1002/mren.201600073
43. Melville, O.; Imperiale, C.; King, B.; Lessard, B. H.* Orthogonally Processable Carbazole-Based Polymer Thin Films by Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b0392